Derwentwater

We are very lucky to live both on the coast and with mountains in view. We can look across Morecambe Bay into the South Lakes. It is this landscape which inspired my new shawl pattern ‘Derwentwater’ named after what is probably my favourite of the lakes. Again it’s that combination of the water and the hills that surround it. These are the two things I aimed to represent in this shawl with the textured stitch reflecting … More Derwentwater

Rounding Up

Yikes how long since I blogged? I thought I’d spend a little time sharing some of my knitting from last year. It’s that time when we look back and review and look forward and plan, and if you’re like me desperately try to find the one strategy that will allow you to be more organised! So to look back I went to my Ravelry Projects page to look at the year’s knitting, only to realised that … More Rounding Up